Nail-box.



G. H. DAHLKE;

NAIL BOX.

AIPLIOA'IION FILED SEPT.14, 1909'.

Pafilenl'ed. Mar. 21, 1911.

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NAIL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED 8EPT.14, 19 09. v

Patented Mar; 21, 1911;

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IT STTES AENT GUSTAVE H. DAI-ILKE, OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA.

NAIL-BOX.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, GUSTAVE I-I. DAIILKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Island, in the county of Hall and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Nail-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved box or receptacle for holding nails, such as shingle nails, and for arranging the same in a predetermined position with relation to each other so that they may be readily withdrawn for use, head uppermost, thereby saving the time usually employed in turning the nail to properly present the point and the head previous to driving the nail, and also affording a convenient carrying receptacle which will be more durable and more easily accessible than the nail carrying pockets with which the aprons of carpenters and other workmen are usually provided.

Further objects of the invention are to simplify and improve the construction and operation of a device of this class.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood the same con sists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention; it being however understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the invention may be made when desired.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved nail box, showing also a holding or carrying device for the same. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the box. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the box together with the carrying device. Fig. 4c is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 4:1 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the slide or closure with which one end of the box is provided.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The box or receptacle 6 which may be of any suitable dimensions and of any preferred general shape or outline is provided with a hinged lid 7 and with a spring catch Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 14, 1909.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911. Serial No. 517,676.

8 whereby said lid may be retained in closed position. The box or receptacle 6 has an inclined or sloping bottom member 9 which is provided with a plurality of slots 10 having downwardly inclined side walls formed by spacing ribs or partition members 11 of semi-circular cross section, the ends of which are suitably secured upon or connected with wall portions 5 and 14 of the box adjacent to their upper and lower ends, said wall portions being disposed in parallel relation to one another and at right angles to the ribs or members 11 which are regarded as constituting the slotted bottom of the box. The slots or spaces 10 intermediate the ribs or members 11 are disposed in parallel relation and said slots being of such width that the shanks 12 of the nails that are to be used will readily project therethrough intercepted and will be supported upon the inclined side Walls 11 as will best appear by reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings. Adjacent to the upper end of the inclined bottom member 9 and at right angles to said bottom member is an inclined wall portion 14 having a nail-discharging aperture 15 communicating with the upper ends of the slots 10. A closure is provided for said aperture consisting of a slide 16 having a handle 17 that projects through a slot 17 in the end of the box, said slide being mounted upon or suitably connected with arms 18 that are pivotally mounted interiorly upon the side walls of the box or receptacle.

One of the side walls 19 of the box is provided with a pair of loops or keepers 20 that are placed in diagonally opposite relation, one of said keepers being adjacent to the lower edge and the other adjacent to what may be regarded as the upper edge of the box, while the said loops or keepers are placed adjacent to opposite ends of the box. A carrying device is provided, the same consisting of an approximately rectangular frame 21 formed of wire and provided at its ends with laterally extending loops 22, one at each of the four corners, said loops serving as means of attachment for straps or bands, not shown, which may be tied around. the waist of the operator. The top and bottom bars of the frame are provided with upwardly extending tongues 23 adapted to engage the keepers 20 of the box which may thus be securely supported while the nail heads 13 are in such a manner as to be readily detachable from the carrying device by simply lifting it in an upward direction.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains. When a charge of nails is placed in the box or receptacle, and the latter is shaken a few times to and fro, the nails will automatically arrange themselves in parallel rows with their shanks projecting through the slots 10, as will be clearly seen in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 of the drawings while the heads of the nails will rest upon the inclined side walls of the slots. Several rows of nails will thus be presented in proper position to be easily grasped by the hand of the operator, who is thus enabled to remove the nails by sliding them endwise from the box in proper position for use. hen the nails originally presented through the slots have been used, a slight shake of the box will cause others to present themselves in proper position for use.

The device, as will be seen, is simple in construction and may be manufactured at an extremely moderate cost, and it has been found in practice to be thoroughly efficient for the purposes for which it is provided.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A nail box or receptacle having a sloping bottom composed of a plurality of ribs of semi-circular cross section arranged in spaced relation to form intermediate slots and having their ends secured upon inclined wall portions of the box, said wall portions being disposed in parallel relation to each other and at right angles to the ribs, the wall member at the upper end of the ribs being provided with an aperture leaving the upper ends of the slots between said ribs unobstructed, and a closure movably supported adjacent to the inner side of the aperture in the said wall member and adapted to obstruct the upper ends of the slots between the ribs, said closure being provided with arms pivoted upon the side walls of the box and with a handle projecting through a slot in the upper wall member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAVE H. DAHLKE.

\Vitnesses DAVID AOKERMAN, GEORGE H. POELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

